Combined cap and girder-support



No. 609,44l.

Patented Aug. 23, I898. G. B. KURRIE. COMBINED GAP AND GIBDER SUPPORT.(Application filed Mar. 28, 1898.) (No Model.)

llNi'rEn STAT S PATENT GEORGE R. KURRIE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED CAP AND GlRDER-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,441, dated August23, 189 8.

Application filed March 26, 1898.

T LLZZ whont it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. KURRIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Cap and Girder-Support, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to metal caps and baseplates for the wooden columnsused in the constructionof large buildings that are designed to carryheavy weights upon the floors; and the object of my improvement is toconstruct a combined cap and girder-support that will be light andstrong and always have solid and substantial bearings for the ends ofthe columns and girders.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved cap and girder-support, showing the upright columns and thegirders fitted therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, as on line3. y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the top of the cap removed fromthe post. Fig. 4c is a vertical sectional view, as on line 00 0c of Fig.1, showing the top of the post sawed off out of true or not in a planeat right angles to the side of the column, as many times occurs in suchwork.

A represents my improved cap and girdersupport, which is preferably madeof steel and rolled to the shape shown in Figs. 2 and 4:.

a a are outwardly-beveled flanges forming the sides. of the cap andjoined together by the intervening flat web portion a.

B and B are two upright wooden columns, one fitting underneath and theother on the top of the cap.

0 O are girders supported horizontally in the ends of the cap thatproject beyond the posts B B.

D D are angle-pieces fastened on the under side of the cap A by means ofthe bolts 6.

b b are holes for the lag-screws that secure the angle-pieces D to thesides of the post. The angle-pieces are placed at these points for thepurpose of strengthening the girdersupport, and they are made somewhatshorter than the distance between the beveled flanges a a, so .as toallow a free circulation of air Serial No. 675,261. (No model.)

around the top of the post. By this construction I prevent anyaccumulation of dampness around the top of the post and provide for aready and thorough inspection of the top of the wooden column at any andall times. The flanged sides of the cap being beveled both the posts andthe girders will always have a solid bearing, no matter whether they aresawed off true or carelessly left out of line in the manner shown inFig. 4. Should the end of the post or the bottom of the girder not restsquarely upon the flat web portion a of the cap, the beveled sides ofthe flanges ct a will take the strain and bear against the beveled sidesof the posts or girders.

As the ends of the post and girders are forced against the beveled sidesof the cap they are held securely in position, and any additional weightplaced on the floors'will have a tendency to wedge these parts moretightly together. The heads of the bolts b b may be made any desiredshape, and when the bottom of the girder is cut to fit them they willmaterially assist in retaining the girders in place. a

Instead of having the beveled flanges a a extend both above and belowthe middle web portion a, they may be made to extend only on one side'of the web portion, if desired;

but the best results and the strongest cons'truction is obtained whenthe beveled flanges or extend both above and below the web por= tion, inthe manner shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire-tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1. Acombined cap andgirder-support having the two, sides that extend parallel with thegirder, formed with outwardly-extending flanges that will permit thepost to have a wedge-shaped bearing therein, substantially as shown andfor the purpose described.

2. A combined cap and girder-support, com posed of the outwardly-beveledflanged sides a, a, joined together by the intervening flat web portiona, thatextends beyond the line of the posts and parallel with thegirder, substantially as shown.

3. Acombined cap and girdersupport, c0mposed of the outwardly-beveledflanged sides a, a, and the intervening web portion a, both of thebeveled flanged sides a, at, extending above and below the interveningweb portion, substantially as shown.

4. A combined cap and girder-support, composed of the outwardly-beveledflanged sides a, a, the intervening flat Web portion a, and anangle-piece D, secured to the under side of the Web portion of the capand adapted to rest against the side of the Wooden column, substantiallyas shown and for the purpose described.

5. In a cap and girder-suppo1't,the combination of the beveled-flangedsides a, a, joined together by an intervening fiat Web portion with anangle-piece D, secured to the under 15 side of the web portion and madeshorter than the distance between the two beveled sides a, a,substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I a'ffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE R. KURRIE.

Witnesses:

SAML. I-I. KIRKPATRICK, THOS. D. MoWLDs.

